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Indian benchmark indices opened lower today(27th December 2021) amid weak sentiment. The BSE Sensex was trading nearly 500 points down to quote at 56,618 level while the Nifty50 was at 16,891, down 158 points. In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were also in the red zone, trading 1 percent lower. Among individual stocks that comprise the Sensex, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, Maruti Suzuki, and Axis Bank were among the top losers that slipped 0.7 percent to 4.6 percent. RBL Bank lost 15 percent to Rs 146 levels after the bank said over the weekend that Vishwavir Ahuja, its managing director, and chief executive officer, had gone on leave after the Reserve Bank of India appointed Yogesh K Dayal as an additional director of the bank. Action for RBL is important in light of the problems encountered by private lenders like YES Bank and Lakshmi Vilas Bank last year. Read more

The 65 percent decline in Maruti Suzuki Q2 profit could not drag the auto stock any further. Instead, the stock rose 0.40 percent, on a bad day for the market, to close at Rs 7,325.20 on the BSE. The company said adverse commodity prices and lower sales volume due to electronic component shortages impacted its performance in the September quarter. What might have lifted sentiment is the fact that the company had more than 2,00,000 pending customer orders at the end of the quarter. Analyst views are awaited though. Asian Paints climbed 4.43 percent to Rs 3,094.40 after a couple of brokerages said their interactions with dealers suggest the paintmaker plans to execute another 15-45 percent price increase, effective November 12. This is in addition to the recent 7.5 percent price increases, they said. Read more

The shortage of semiconductors and chips has hit the Indian automobile sector hard and after Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki India has slashed output target for September due to a chip shortage. Yesterday (31st August 2021) Maruti Suzuki said that its vehicle production in September will tumble by 60 percent. The company, which had earlier cut down production at its Gujarat plant, said the chip shortage will hit production in Gurugram and Manesar plants, effectively forcing the automaker to cut production by 60 percent. Consequently, shares of the automaker declined 2 percent to Rs 6,700 on the BSE. The ripple effect dented other shares as well with stocks of M&M, Ashok Leyland, and TVS Motors slipping up to 1 percent. Read more

In the Indian market passenger vehicle wholesale continued to grow year-on-year for the seventh straight month in February as demand for personal mobility remains strong during the pandemic despite soaring fuel prices. About 308,000 cars and SUVs were dispatched from factories to showrooms during February, a 23% growth over the preceding year, industry data show. Market leader Maruti Suzuki sold 144,700 passenger vehicles during the month, a year-on-year growth of 8%. Its market share improved by 116 basis points over January to 46.9% but was considerably lower than 53.3% achieved in February 2020. Hyundai Motor and Tata Motors sold 51,600 and 27,224 units during the month, growing by 29% and 119% over last year. Read more

Equity markets in India bounced back today(19th January 2021), nursing losses of the past two days, on strong global cues. The nifty Auto index gained 1.5 percent on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) to hit an intra-day high of 10,113.5. Among individual stocks, Tata Motors jumped as much as 4 percent on the NSE, followed by gains in Ashok Leyland, TVS Motors, Bajaj Auto, and Maruti Suzuki that gained between 1 percent to 3 percent. Yesterday, Maruti Suzuki increased the price for select models by up to Rs 34,000 to offset the adverse impact of rising input costs. With this, India's largest car-maker joins the likes of Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors who have already hiked prices owing to higher input costs. That said, the same uptick in input cost may hurt auto firms' Q3FY21 earnings, analysts say. This is how auto stocks faring on technical charts: Read more

Indias largest Automaker, Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday reported a one per cent year-on-year growth in net profit at Rs 1,372 crore for the September quarter of FY21 against Rs 1,358.6 crore in the same period last year. This is a big update from the company considering it posted a loss of Rs. 249.4 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year ending in June 2020. Revenue rose 10% year-on-year to Rs 18,744 crore, compared with the Rs 19,137-crore estimate.Maruti's Q2 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) came in at Rs 1,933 crore while Ebitda margin for the quarter stood at 10.3 per cent, up to 86 basis points (bps) from 9.46 per cent in Q2FY20.“In Quarter 2, the performance improved on the back of some demand recovery and gradual improvement in supply conditions,” Maruti Suzuki said in a statement.Maruti sold 3.93 lakh units in July-September quarter reporting a massive 413 per cen growth over the previous quarter and 16 per cent. Read more

India's largest passenger car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, today(1st August 2020) announced that it had sold 108,000 units in July, 88.2 percent more than June 2020. The numbers are dispatch from the manufacturer to their dealers and don’t reflect retail sales. While it is a sign of recovery, Maruti executives said that the numbers primarily indicate that supply-side issues like availability of workforce and raw material supply has largely been addressed

Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday reported a consolidated loss of Rs 249.4 crore for the June quarter of FY21 (Q1FY21) as compared to a profit of Rs 1,376.8 crore reported in the corresponding quarter last year due to operating loss and lower revenue following a steep decline in sales volumes during the lockdown. It was the first time since its listing in 2003 that the auto major reported a quarterly loss. Analysts had projected a net loss of Rs 340 crore for the company. Revenue from operations declined sharply by 79.2 per cent to Rs 4,106.5 crore compared to the year-ago period. The company sold a total of 76,599 vehicles during the quarter, sharply lower from 4,02,594 in the same quarter a year ago. Sales in the domestic market stood at 67,027 units, while exports were at 9,572 units. The stock was down at Rs 6,172.35, down 1.83 per cent on the BSE. Read more

The country's largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki reported its March quarter profit of Rs 1,291.7 crore, down by 28.1 per cent YoY due to lower sales during the lockdown, while the company had reported a profit of Rs 1,795.6 crore for March quarter previous year. Revenue dipped 15.2 per cent to Rs 18,207.7 crore. The company had posted revenue of Rs 21,473.1 crore. The sharp fall in tax cost limited the profit decline."Profit was lower on account of lower sales volume, higher sales promotion expenses, partially offset by lower operating expenses, cost reduction efforts and reduction in the corporate tax rate," said the company in its BSE filing. Maruti sold a total of 385,025 vehicles,the company's domestic volumes in Q4 fell by 16 percent YoY and exports fell 17 per cent compared to same period last year, especially after nationwide lockdown in last 10 days of March and amid slowdown in overall sector.